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Britannica
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Columbia Encyclopedia (6th ed., 2000)
The
Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)
The 1913 15-volume set of the Catholic Encyclopedia covers topics both
religious and secular, from a uniquely Catholic perspective.
CQ Electronic Encyclopedia of American Government
Offers thousands of concise, up-to-date explanations of the who, how, and why of American democracy.
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (Embryonic)
Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics, 2nd Ed. (UCLA Only)
Covers the full range of topics in contemporary linguistics, with coverage across all aspects of language, whether spoken, written or signed.
glbtq
An encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, & queer culture.
Grove
Art Online (Grove Dictionary of Art)
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Grovemusic.com
Includes: Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians (2nd edition,
edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrell) and New Grove Dictionary
of Opera.
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domain names.
International
Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences
(IESBS)
A scholarly encyclopedia covering disciplines of the
social and behavioral sciences (Anthropology, Economics, Geography,
Political Science, Psychology, Social Welfare, Sociology, and related
fields and concepts).
Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan
Literature
Resource Center
Provides the complete text of literary criticism and author biographies,
as well as bibliographies, work overviews and explications, Web sites,
periodical articles, compare and contrast pages, full-text author's
works, and reading lists.
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domain names.
Oxford Reference Online Premium (Oxford University Pres)
Oxford University Press searchable versions of the latest edition of published dictionaries and encyclopedias. Online texts will be updated after new editions of the print monographs are published.
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